Catriona McKay and Chris Stout - White Nights

(August 2010) 9 tracks: Missing You * Isflak * White Nights * Da Trow's Jig * Eira * A Home Under Every Tree * Roddy Sinclair's * Edges And High Water * Michaelswood.

The dynamic Scottish harp and fiddle duo, who also perform individually and with Shetland band Fiddlers' Bid.

Chris Stout is a charismatic fiddle player and composer from Fair Isle in the Shetland Islands. His diverse background, deeply rooted in both traditional and classical styles, has allowed him to collaborate with musicians across the globe.

Catriona McKay is unquestionably one of Scotland's most talented, diverse and exciting harp players, ever-willing to experiment and crossing all musical boundaries into the bargain. In 2007 she won STMA Instrumentalist Of The Year.

Together they undergo an adventurous exploration of traditional Scottish music. Having performed together for over fifteen years, they are connected to the traditions of their instruments while being highly aware of and enthralled by the possibilities they hold - they pursue a path to explore sounds that connect and challenge.

"A four-handed hotbed of musical creativity ... " (Jim Gilchrist)



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